Notes and comments how common are meiotically driving sex chromosomes in insects?

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 481-483

  Jiggins, Francis M ^a   Hurst, Gregory D D ^a   Majerus, Michael E N ^b  

^a Department of Genetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diptera; Meiotic drive; Sex chromosome; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032726876     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303251     Document Type: Article

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